Verlag: TO GRINLING: No date postmark of 6 September ; "The Meadows" Saham Toney Watton Norfolk. TO WHITAKER: No date postmark of 16 September 1929; 245 Southlands Rd Bickley Kent, 1921
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Manuskript / Papierantiquität
Note to be confused with the Kew curator William Watson (1858-1925). Both cards are plain: the first with a self-printed stamp and the second with stamp affixed. Both in fair condition, lightly aged. ONE (to Grinling): He identifies the fungi he sent, adding a comment on bacteoles of mallow. Ends in the hope of attending 'the Epping Forest foray this year'. TWO (to Whitaker). The previous Saturday he noted 'Pyrus torminalis in the old rough lane between fences nearly opposite the Bull Inn on Shooters Hill (? Jack Wood Lane)'. He notes that 'everything' is 'extremely dry', and that he has 'pretty well given up toadstools, for the time being'.